Clerical Raiment: There is no specific clerical raiment, though clerics of Jupiter prefer robes of regal golden appearance maintained in good condition. They must keep their heads covered in the out of doors with helmet, hat, or cloak. They use weapons hafted from oak. They may use staff, club, mace, morningstar, warhammer, axe, and bow.

Places of Worship: Columned temples in high places.

Details of Power: Jupiter is the ruler of heaven and king of the gods. His spouse is his sister Juno, and he is the sky provider of the people. He sends the rain, the thunder and lightning; he strengthens men for battle and gives strength to rule. He is the divine witness of oaths and the defender of boundaries and civilization. He is the father of his people.

Associations: Clerics of Jupiter associate with rulers, lawgivers, civic leaders, and victories armies, but they are exempt from military duty. They preside over oath swearing in the temples of Jupiter and various sacrifices to Jupiter. Only Oaths sworn in Jupiter's temples are legally binding. Clerics of Jupiter do not associate with criminals, thieves or lawbreakers.

Jupiter is a member of The Archaic Triad; a theological structure or system consisting of the gods Jupiter, Mars and Quirinus. The triad represents the model of civilization, divided into three classes: priests (Jupiter), warriors (Mars), and craftsmen (Quirinus).

He is also a member of the central guardians of the state with Juno and Minerva.

Allies: In their aspects of maintaining/builing civilization; Mars, Quirinus, Juno and Minerva.

Holy Days: Vinalia (Jupiter as provider of rain for growing wine grapes) altera on August 19, Meditrinalia on October 11, urbana on April 23. Regifugium ("King's Flight") on February 24, Poplifugia ("flight of the people"), on July 5. Ludi Plebei, ("Peoples games") held on November 13

What is Sacred: The Oak, The Eagle, Lightning, Oaths, Civilization, the Ruling State.

Sacrifices: Oxen (castrated bull), Wether (castrated ram), Lamb, all of which must be male, unblemished and pure white. In some festivals wine is also sacrificed.

What is Profane: The breaking of an Oath, challenging legitimate authority, causing civil unrest, breaking laws, weakness, killing of an eagle or oak tree.

What is Sin: For a cleric, as above except they are forbidden from swearing oaths, also uncovering out of doors, of either head or body, as it is exposing your nakedness to Jupiter. They must also maintain ritual purity; He can not have contacts with anything deceased or connected with death: corpses, funerals, funeral fires, raw meat. These restrictions reflect the fullness of life and freedom that Jupiter provides. Not challenging and punishing other sinners to the best of the cleric's abilities is also considered a sin.

Ritual Purification involves an hour long ritual which includes prayer, washing oneself with clean water, and changing into clean (purified) clothes. This can not be done in view of the sky. Disapproval does not reset for ritually impure clerics of Jupiter.

Omens: Lightning and thunder; A priest of Jupiter, upon witnessing/hearing a natural occurance of lightning or thunder must stop everything and placate (pray) before resuming their previous activity. How long is up to the Judge.

Spells:

Note: all lightning/thunder/rain effects manifest as coming from the sky, not the caster.

Symbol: The Kithara/Lyre, A Tapered Column shaped similar to a pawn, Sacrifical Tripod

Clerical Raiment: None specific, though usually robes of bright colors are worn over all. Favored weapons include Bow and Arrow, staff, club, mace.

Places of Worship: Columned Temples, Remote Oracular Shrines.

Details of Power: The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis.

Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius, yet Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague. Amongst the god's custodial charges, Apollo became associated with dominion over colonists, and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. As the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musegetes) and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Hermes created the lyre for him, and the instrument became a common attribute of Apollo. Hymns sung to Apollo were called paeans.

These are great. One suggestion, would it be interesting to put some of the capriciousness of the gods that you see in poetry and tragedies (specifically Ovid and Euripides, rather than, say, Virgil)? Could there be a spell in there which calls on the aid of Jupiter you could come down in the form of either a swan or bull? ...but of course you risk him making off with the daughter of a local noble and have to take the rap? Or he could make off with one of the prettier PC - and we know from the legend of Ganymede that could include male PCs. Or you could pray for his aid to help you escape, but risk being turned into a bush!

You've clearly done a lot of work already, but I'll love to see the rules of Dionysus!

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